Flour-bin for kitchen-cabinets.



0. M. OTTE.

-FLOU:R am FOR KITCHEN CABINETS. APPLICATION FILED SEPT-2h l9l6.

Patented July 31, i917.

OTHO M. OT'IE, OF JAMESTOWN, NEW YORK.

FLOUR-BIN FOR KITCHEN-CABINETS.

Specification of Letters Patent.

Patented July 31, 1917.

Application filed September 21, 1916. Serial No. 121,470.

To all whom it may concern:

Be it known that I, OTHO M. Own, a citi- Zen of the United States, residing at the city of Jamestown, in the county of Chautauqua and State of New York, have invented certain new and useful Improvements in Flour- Bins for Kitchen-Cabinets, of which the following, taken in connection with the accompanying drawings, is a specification.

The invention relates to bins for kitchen cabinets for holding flour, sugar and similar materials; and the object of the im provement is to provide a simple and easily constructed suspension for the bin by which it is easily removable from the cabinet and which is pivotally mounted upon side plates like an inverted pendulum, permitting the rocking or swinging forward and backward or outward and inward of the entire bin upon said pivotally mounted side plates, said side plates having an extending projection for engaging a stop on the cabinet to thereby limit the outward rocking movement of the bin and support it before the cabinet; and the invention consists in the novel features and combinations hereinafter set forth and claimed.

In the drawings, Figure 1 is a vertical sectional view of the cabinet showing a side elevation of the bin suspendedin the cabinet but rocked forward therefrom for filling or emptying the same; and Fig, 2 is a similar sectional view of the cabinet and bin as it is normally suspended within the cabinet before withdrawal. Fig. 3 is a front elevation of the bin showing the suspension at each side thereof, the lower ends of the supporting plates and brackets being shown in section to show the cupping flanged lower end of the bracket and the lower end of the plate within it. Fig. l is a perspective view of the supporting bracket and plate for the bin removed from the cabinet; and Fig. 5 is an elevation of one of the plates with the hooded or cupping flange on its upper end for attachment to the side of the bin to receive the rounded lug on the supporting plate and provide pivotal attachment for said plate to the bin; and Fig. 6 is a perspective view of the lower end portion of the supporting plate.

Like characters of reference refer to corresponding parts in the several views.

The numeral 10 designates the cabinet which has the depending brackets 11 attached to the inner side of the top or overhanging shelf 12 in the cabinet 10.

The bracket 11 has a cupping or hooded flanged round lower end 18 to reoeivetherein the similarly curved lower end 1 1 of the supporting plate 15 for the bin 16. The plate 15 is provided at its upper end with a round projecting lug 17 which engages within the similarly curved upper end 18 of the plate 19, which plate 19 is attached to the side of the bin 16 preferably by spot weldmg.

The plate 15 also has the sidewise project- 'ing stop lug 20 which engages a striking block 21 in the downwardly flanged edge 22 of the shelf or top 12. The block 21 is preferably of cork, wood, rubber or other deadening material so that when the lug 20 strikes the block 21 there will be nonoise. The'lug 20 is preferably turned to one side as shown in order to engage a broad surface on the block 21. A similar deadening block or plate 23 is provided on the rear wall of the cabinet 10 for a striking plate for the opposite side of the lug 20 when the bin is returned to the normally closed position within the cabinet 10.

The bin 16 is provided with a cover 24, a handle 25 for withdrawing and returning the bin, and a peep hole 26 to show when it needs refilling. The lower end is formed with inclined sides 27 ending in a chute 28 with the crank operated sieve 29 therein.

It is now apparent that with the bin 16 suspended between the two downwardly-projecting brackets 11 by plates 15 which are 'pivotally supported at their lower ends in the cupping ends 13 of the brackets 11 below the center of gravity for the bin 16, and attheir upper ends are pivotally attached to the opposite sides of the bin 16 by means of the hooded or cupping plate 19 and lug 17 above the center of gravity, the bin 16 may be drawn forward pivotally rocking in the cupping ends 13 of the brackets 11 into the position shown in Fig. 1, or maybe swung or rocked inward from the :withdrawn position. hen withdrawn the lug 20 will strike the block 21 holding the bin 16 in the withdrawn position permitting it to hang vertically and swing freely on the pivotal bearings 17 18 at the upper end of the plates at each side of the bin.

The plate 19 with its hooded end and the lug 17 for ma pivotal engagement for the upper end of the plate 15 which is preferred to a pin in the side of the bin 16 since the attaclnnent of a pin to a thin metal plate is an exceedingly difficult construction to attain so as to hold the pin firmly. in line and properly support the bin 16. The plate 19 with its hooded end 18 and the lug 17 on the plate 15 provide simple parts which can be easily struck out by means of suitable dies and the plate 19 can be attached to the side of the thin sheet metal bin 16 by welding or soldering thereby attaining a broader bearing than a pin and a construction which is more durable.

When it is desired to remove bin 16 from the cabinet 10 it is only necessary to lift the bin from the plates 15 at each side since said bin only has a hook support upon the lugs 17 of said plates 15 and it can be as easily returned. This simple easily constructed suspension affords a strong support for the bin. one which is not liable to get out of order yet permitting the easy rocking withdrawal of the bin from the cabinet and the return of the same.

I claim as new 1. In a bin suspension, a cabinet, elements arranged on oppositesides of the bin and movably connected thereto at their upper ends, means to support the lower ends of the elements from the cabinet so as to allow the elements to have swinging movement, stop means borne by the elements and projecting above the upper end of the bin at the rear thereof, means borne by the cabinet to engage the stop means to limit the outward movement of the bin, and means borne by the cabinet to engage said stop means to limit the inward movement of the bin.

2. In combination with a cabinet having an overhanging shelf, spaced depending brackets attached to said shelf having cupping lower ends, a flour bin, plates rockingly mounted at their lower ends in said spaced depending brackets and pivotally attached at their upper ends to the opposite sides of said flour bin, striking lugs on said plates, and striking blocks on the front edge of said overhanging shelf to receive said striking lugs and to hold said flour bin in suspension before said cabinet.

3. In combination with a cabinet, a shelf in said cabinet with a depending flanged front edge and striking blocks in said depending edge, a flour bin having clownwardly cupping flanged lugs each side thereof, depending brackets attached to the under side of said shelf one each side of said fiour 'bin having cupping'lower ends, supporting plates one each side of said flour bin having rounded lower ends receivable in the cupping lower ends of said brackets and rounded upper ends receivable in said downward cupping flanged lugs on said flour bin to mckingly mount said flour bin in said cabinet, and a rearwardly projecting striking lug on said supporting plates to engage said striking blocks on said overhanging shelf.

at. In a bin suspension, a cabinet, brackets connected to the cabinet, movable supporting means for the bin, means to connect the supporting means to the brackets so as to allow the supporting means to be raised up out of engagement with the brackets, and means to connect the supporting means to the bin to allow removal of the bin by upward movement of the bin, each of said c0nnecting means including a rounded head integral with one of the parts and a socket formed integrally on the other part and being open to receive the head and having end walls to engage each of the opposite sides of said rounded head.

5. In a bin suspension, a cabinet, supporting elements inovably connected to the bin at their upper ends, means to movably connect said elements at their lower ends to the cabinet, and stop means operating independentof said means and borne by the elements and engageable with different parts of the cabinet to limit both in and out movements of the bin.

6. In combination with a cabinet, spaced depending brackets connected at their upper ends to the cabinet, a bin, and suspension means for the bin pivotally connected at their upper ends to the bin and at their lower ends to the lower ends of the brackets.

7. In combination with a cabinet, spaced brackets connected at their upper ends to the cabinet, a bin, and. means pivotally con nected attheir upper ends to the bin and at their lower ends to the lower ends of the brackets, said pivotal connections being formed so as to allow said means to be removed from the brackets and the bin to be removed from the means by upward move ment of the means and bin respectively.

8. In a bin suspension, a cabinet, supporting elements movably connected to the bin at their upper ends, means to movably connect said elements at their lower ends to the cabinet, and stop means borne by the elements and extending upwardly beyond the top and rearwardly beyond the rear of the bin and engageable with the cabinet.

9. In a bin suspension, a cabinet, a bin, unitary supporting elements connected at their lower ends to the cabinet and having rigid upper front parts connected to the bin sides centrally between the front and rear of the bin and alsO having rigid upper rear parts which extend beyond the rear of the bin to engage the back of the cabinet to restrict the movement of the bin into the able with the front of the cabinet to restrict cabinet. the movement of the bin out of the cabinet. 10

10. In a bin suspension, a cabinet, sup- In testimony whereof I have aflixed my porting elements connected to the bin and to signature in the presence of two witnesses.

the cabinet to allow the bin to move into OTHO M. OTTE.

and out of the cabinet, and stop means Witnesses:

borne by one of the elements and extending H. A. SANDBERG,

upwardly beyond the bin top and engage- RALPH J. OONNER.

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